Treatment of midfacial hypoplasia in syndromic and cleft lip and palate patients by means of a rigid external distractor (RED)

• Main Authors: Eduardo Franzotti Sant'Anna (Author), Adriana de Alcantara Cury-Saramago (Author), Geórgia Wain Thi Lau (Author), John W. Polley (Author), Álvaro A. Figueroa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Distraction Osteogenesis (DO) became an alternative for the treatment of severe craniofacial skeletal dysplasias. The rigid external distraction device (RED) is successfully used to advance the maxilla and all the maxillary-orbital-frontal complex (monobloc) in children, adolescents an...